No Thanks to PM from Sudan, Stewart Bell Keynote Speaker in TO, John Thompson on Tigers, David Latner: Logical Fallacies, Hate Crime

Update to Paul Martin and his promise of aid to promote peace in Sudan.

Sudan will graciously accept the money . . . but they don't want Canadian troops. I wonder if they would accept CIDA advisors? Check the National Post for this.




Stewart Bell Keynote Speaker

Notice of meeting: "Democracy in the Middle East -- The Dawning of a New Era" via Daniel Pipes

Monday, May 16, 2005 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Moderator: Margaret Wente: Author and award-winning columnist with the Globe & Mail
Keynote Speaker: Stewart Bell: Chief Report of the National Post, author and award-winning foreign correspondent and many more featured panalists...
Free Admission, Metro Hall Council Chambers, 55 John Street. [Toronto, Canada ]

Stewart Bell wrote "Cold Terror" on terrorism in Canada. Other participants are Mark S. Anshan, Rev. Majed El-Shafie and Salim Mansur (Toronto Sun).

Check this website, the links and contributors -- e.g. speakers on Global Issues

These are only a few of those associated with the site.

* "Ted Belman is a retired lawyer and Editor of www.IsraPundit.com, an Internet site covering news and views on Israel and the Middle East."

* "Al Gordon is Vice-President of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies. He is a multi-patented entrepreneur who has used and admired Israeli technology for decades."

* "Tom Kaye, Chief of Police of Owen Sound and former Chairman of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, is a specialist in anti-terrorism having trained in Israel and the USA."

* "David Latner is a lawyer, teacher and founder of the non-partisan policy website www.GreatDebate.info -- logical fallacies" Do not miss the list with explanations -- excellent preparation for listening to and talking about issues for the forthcoming election.

* April Newsletter: Read this list before "Let Lying Tigers Sleep"

Let Lying Tigers Sleep by John Thompson, "author of Other People’s Wars: Overseas Terrorism in Canada. He heads the Mackenzie Institute, a think-tank focusing on organized violence and political instability."

On the edges of large Indian nature preserves, farmers and fishermen often protect themselves from wild tigers by wearing a false face mask on the rear of their heads. Tigers like to attack from behind and this two-faced look evidently confuses them.

When it comes to dealing with terrorism, Ottawa has a two-faced approach of its own that confuses our friends and allies. We are full and active partners with other nations in dealing with Al Qaeda and the Jihadists, yet have a different face when it comes to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE). We tolerate their political fronts, when we should be shutting them down. [. . . . ]

The LTTE is the only terrorist group to kill two national leaders (Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lanka’s President Premadasa); they pioneered the use of suicide belt-bombs; and during the 1990s, used more suicide attackers than all other terrorist groups combined. Their cadres are known for brutality and ruthlessness, but also for the innovative nature of their techniques and weaponry.

Matched to this is a global structure combining heroin trafficking, skilled passport forging and people smuggling, and layers of numbered companies to move money around. The acme of their commercial skills is best reflected in the 1997 hijacking of a shipment of 32,400 mortar bombs for the Sri Lankan Army from a Tanzanian ammunition plant. The vessel charted to carry the shipment disguised its LTTE ownership, and the Sri Lankan Army got their mortar bombs — one Tiger-fired salvo at a time. [. . . . ]

There is much more if you link.




It’s a Hate Crime After All

It’s a Hate Crime After All 04.26.05

A couple of weeks ago I told you about a hideous crime that occurred in Brooklyn. A large group of black, future penitentiary inmates beat up a small group of white girls while shouting “black power” and “white crackers.” For insane reasons, I’m sure, the cops decided not to charge the thugs-in-training with a “bias” crime.

The title of the post, Sorry, Whites Not Protected Under ‘Hate’ Crime Law, was intentionally provocative. I wanted to provoke your anger toward the blatant bias in the reporting of so-called hate crimes. I think the very concept “hate crime” is absurd, but since these ridiculous laws are on the books, they must be applied fairly. City prosecutors in Brooklyn agreed: [. . . . ]

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